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On surfaces with zero vanishing cycles

Algebraic Geometry 2022-03-29 v3

Abstract

We show that using an idea from a paper by Van de Ven one may obtain a simple proof of Zak's classification of smooth projective surfaces with zero vanishing cycles. This method of proof allows one to extend Zak's theorem to the case of finite characteristic.

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@article{arxiv.1305.2205,
  title  = {On surfaces with zero vanishing cycles},
  author = {Serge Lvovski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1305.2205},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

8 pages, no figures. Version 2: added bibliographical references, minor changes in exposition. Version 3: proof of Proposition 2.3 corrected

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